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13 Classic Record Labels We Really, Really Miss
AP has seen many a record label hit the scene hard, create a huge buzz, move some serious units then, through a series of bad decisions, end up with their doors closed, with nothing much to show for it (except maybe a gold record if you played your cards right). Here are 13 labels we’re […]
"You've Changed, Man:" 8 bands that sounded different before they hit AP's cover
Before each of these artists made their cover AP cover debuts, they were playing music far different from what fans have now come to expect from them. Whether it was just rotten quality or was a completely different genre, for better or worse, these bands weren’t afraid to change. CONTRIBUTORS Scott Heisel [SH] Brian Kraus [BK] Brittany […]
The Ultimate AP Movie Night: 17 rock 'n' roll films you must see
The best movies tend to be those you can relate to, and here at AP, all we know is rock ‘n’ roll, so we put our heads together to curate this list of some of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) rock movies. Invite your rowdiest friends over, pop that popcorn, hardcore dance in the living room […]
Alternative Pets: 14 musicians and their critter companions
They can’t stop instagramming them, and we can’t stop freezing in our news-perusing tracks to “d’aww” at them. Everyone loves a list of adorable animals (and if you don’t, you might be a sociopath so please don’t come anywhere near us.) So here is another cute critters roundup, given the AP treatment to showcase both […]
List: Punks on the small screen, 14 musician television appearances
A couple weeks ago, AltPress brought you a list of musician movie appearances. This week, we thought we’d scale the screen down a bit and highlight the times when our television and music worlds have collided and we’ve had to rub our eyes and do a double-take. “Is that-?” Yes. Enjoy! CONTRIBUTORS: Scott Heisel [SH] […]
UPDATED: List: Artists take on the Harlem Shake, featuring Pierce The Veil, All Time Low, OM&M, more
ORIGINAL POST: February 22, 2013 at 11:54 a.m. EST The Baauer “Harlem Shake” meme may already be dying down, but it's also still hilarious, especially when you see familiar faces from some of your favorite bands jumping on the craze. Here are a few Harlem Shake videos from around the music scene. PS: All Time […]
List: Finch's Randy Strohmeyer on five tough parts to re-learn for the 'What It Is To Burn' X tour
[Photo By: Charles Epting] We here at AP know you internet denizens love lists. And we know that folks in bands have other interests beyond cranking out decibels. So here’s Friday Fives, a column that solicits a list of five subjects from a number of various rockers. This week, Finch guitarist, Randy Strohmeyer shares the five […]
Hope For The Day list #2: We Came As Romans guitarist Joshua Moore
Last month, AP introduced you to our new list series in partnership with non-profit Hope For The Day. For this series, we will present a list of things that gives someone–whether your favorite artist, someone in the industry or one of your peers–hope in an effort to build more positivity in our scene and help […]
LIST: Punks On Film - 10 musician movie appearances
Seeing a band or artist you like in a movie is always a surreal experience, perhaps because you’re close to their music and understand them as a “real person,” then bang! Hollywood magicks them into a character and suddenly it’s weird, maaan. Here are ten clips of musician movie appearances we put together for your Wednesday […]
Friday Fives: Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil picks his favorite Italian B Movies
We here at AP know you internet denizens love lists. And we know that folks in bands have other interests beyond cranking out decibels. So here’s Friday Fives, a column that solicits a list of five subjects from a number of various rockers. This week, frontman Andrea Ferro [pictured second from right] of Italian rock […]
Friday Fives: JC Charles of the Relapse Symphony on five pickup maneuvers
We here at AP know you internet denizens love lists. And we know that folks in bands have other interests beyond cranking out decibels. So here’s Friday Fives, a column that solicits a list of five subjects from a number of various rockers. This week JC Charles (pictured second from right), guitarist of the Washington, […]
Have Your People Call My People: 10 awesome collaborations from 2012
[photo credit: Josiah VanDien] Since the dawn of rock music, bands in every subgenre have been releasing split records with their friends or teaming up to perform on the actual songs. Since all music scenes are built on the concept of like-minded community, we picked 10 collaborations (6 songs and 4 split EPs) issued this […]
JB Brubaker's (August Burns Red) top 5 holiday albums
With the release of progcore outfit August Burns Red's holiday album, Sleddin Hill: A Holiday Album, today via Solid State, guitarist J.B. Brubaker was kind enough to share his top 5 holiday albums with AltPress.com, which you can find below. From crooners to punk-rockers, Brubaker knows how to bring the holiday jams to your winter festivities. […]
10 best non-single All Time Low songs
With All Time Low's fifth–wow, that's crazy awesome to say!–full-length album, Don't Panic, coming out tomorrow and the band gracing our cover this month for issue 292, we took a minute to collect a few gems in the boys' back catalog that are totally jam-worthy, even if they didn't get star treatment during their respective album […]
What To Watch: AP’s Fall Movie Preview
It’s no secret that your fearless leaders on AP’s editorial staff have a plethora of opinions on the music you should be listening to. But we’ve also got a few thoughts on the movies you should be watching for the rest of 2012, including a tale about a hobbit, singing Frenchmen and seven dudes you […]
Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon: Alternative Musician Edition
Started in 1994 by three college students while watching Footloose, the Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon is a parlor game based on the idea of Six Degrees of Separation, but with Kevin Bacon being the center of the universe. We decided it would be funny to see which of AltPress's bands are in google's search results […]
10 Underoath tracks to mourn over their break up to
With the heartbreaking news of Underoath's breakup yesterday, I've compiled 10 tracks from the band's catalog for everyone to mourn to. I went with two tracks from their most recent five albums (truthfully, the other two albums just weren't available to stream on Rdio, though I recommend the title track from both Act of Depression […]
Feature RecAP: Mid-Year Report Card 2012
The editors at AP worked all week to compile their top picks from the first half of 2012 in five different categories–albums, songs, music videos, live performances and most anticipated. You can view all our picks in each category below and can follow the links to view the full descriptions and audio-visual components. What are your […]
Mid-Year Report Card 2012: Most Anticipated
We spent the entire week looking back at the first six months of 2012’s musical offerings with our top albums, songs, music videos and live performances. But now we are looking toward the open road for the records we hope lodge inside our craniums and never let go for the rest of the year. Check […]
Mid-Year Report Card 2012: Live Performances
For the fourth installment of our week-long mid-year report feature, the AP editors put together their 10 favorite performances of the year so far. Check them out below and be sure to see our top albums, songs and music videos. Tomorrow we’ll be bringing you the final piece with our most anticipated records for the […]
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